Cheney Says About New Evidence Coming To The Select Committee

During tonight’s hearing, former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews are expected to give a behind-the-scenes look at what was happening inside the White House as the violence unfolded on Capitol Hill on January 6. the select committee is focusing on former President Trump’s lack of action that day. Pottinger and Matthews were both in close contact with members of the small group of staff surrounding the President as he watched the deadly attack on television. Pottinger told the committee that he did not see Trump that day, but went to the Oval Office around 3 p.m. ET and spoke with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, a source familiar with his closed-door testimony tells CNN. Trump was in the next dining room. Pottinger informed Meadows that he had been told the National Guard was not yet at the Capitol and tried to get an answer as to why that had not happened yet, the source said. Meadows, whom Pottinger described as visibly frustrated at the time, responded by saying he had made several calls to a top Pentagon official in an effort to get the National Guard to the Capitol, according to a source familiar with Pottinger’s testimony. In earlier testimony, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley described his discussions with Meadows as trying to make sure the military presented the president as being in control. “I immediately interpreted it as politics, politics, politics. Red flag for me, personally. No action. But I remember it clearly,” Milley said in testimony played at the hearing. Sarah Matthews speaks in a video deposition shown June 16 during a House select committee hearing. (Body/AP Choice Option) Matthews was one of several White House aides pushing for a statement from Trump condemning the violence. Although he did not speak to Trump on the day, a source tells CNN, he will shed light on the discussions surrounding the effort to get him to respond. A source tells CNN that it will shed light on the discussions surrounding that effort. Pottinger and Matthews, who both resigned after the events of January 6, will also be able to provide insight into the inner workings of the Trump White House. Pottinger was with the administration from the start. No witness has been fully briefed on all of the video clips that will be shown today, nor the full extent of the committee’s evidence that will be presented, a source familiar with the conversations surrounding the testimony tells CNN.

title: “Cheney Says About New Evidence Coming To The Select Committee " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Wayne Bence”

During tonight’s hearing, former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews are expected to give a behind-the-scenes look at what was happening inside the White House as the violence unfolded on Capitol Hill on January 6. the select committee is focusing on former President Trump’s lack of action that day. Pottinger and Matthews were both in close contact with members of the small group of staff surrounding the President as he watched the deadly attack on television. Pottinger told the committee that he did not see Trump that day, but went to the Oval Office around 3 p.m. ET and spoke with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, a source familiar with his closed-door testimony tells CNN. Trump was in the next dining room. Pottinger informed Meadows that he had been told the National Guard was not yet at the Capitol and tried to get an answer as to why that had not happened yet, the source said. Meadows, whom Pottinger described as visibly frustrated at the time, responded by saying he had made several calls to a top Pentagon official in an effort to get the National Guard to the Capitol, according to a source familiar with Pottinger’s testimony. In earlier testimony, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley described his discussions with Meadows as trying to make sure the military presented the president as being in control. “I immediately interpreted it as politics, politics, politics. Red flag for me, personally. No action. But I remember it clearly,” Milley said in testimony played at the hearing. Sarah Matthews speaks in a video deposition shown June 16 during a House select committee hearing. (Body/AP Choice Option) Matthews was one of several White House aides pushing for a statement from Trump condemning the violence. Although he did not speak to Trump on the day, a source tells CNN, he will shed light on the discussions surrounding the effort to get him to respond. A source tells CNN that it will shed light on the discussions surrounding that effort. Pottinger and Matthews, who both resigned after the events of January 6, will also be able to provide insight into the inner workings of the Trump White House. Pottinger was with the administration from the start. No witness has been fully briefed on all of the video clips that will be shown today, nor the full extent of the committee’s evidence that will be presented, a source familiar with the conversations surrounding the testimony tells CNN.